Want to let you know about a historic event taking place Saturday
at the cinema. Original NY Panthers David White and Sam Anderson will speak
after screening of the Lowndes County Freedom Party. Opportunity to get clear
on early early history of Panther Party and links between SNCC, NY Panthers,
BPP for Self Defense Oakland Chapter and BPP for Self Defense New York. Please
come out and help spread the world, we hope to have a multi-generational
audience for this one. Also, Sister Cleo Silvers is speaking tonight in
conversation to follow screening of 2 Live Crew: Banned in the USA, so please
join her too, after-party to follow discussion (see E-Blast)

Thanks so Much,

Philip and Jessica

Saturday, August 21st, 7:30pmCountry Rap: The Gulf States (Alabama)

THE LOWNDES COUNTY FREEDOM PARTYDir. Dwight Cammeron, 1990, 26 min.It’s a common misconception that the Black Panther
Party was founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. In fact,
the party symbol and the roots of its philosophy of self-determination can be
traced to rural Lowndes County in Alabama by way of Harlem, NY. Cammeron
remembers the efforts of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee to
mobilize the African Americans of “Bloody Lowndes” to exercise their voice by
forming a local political party in the face of brutal repression.

8:00 pmFrom Lowndes to Harlem: David White and Sam Anderson
in Person!David White and Sam Anderson are founding members of
the original Black Panther Party, started in the summer of 1966 in Harlem, NY.
They will discuss how their experiences working with SNCC in Lowndes inspired
the formation of the NYBPP, reasons for the organizations short life and its
influences on the BPP in California. Sam Anderson is a pioneering
scholar/activist and author of Black Holocaust for Beginners. David White is a
long time community organizer in Harlem.

8:45 pmFrom Huntsville to Harlem: G-SThe earlier film and discussion will be followed by a
performance of G-Side, a hip-hop group hailing from Huntsville, Alabama, whose
excellent Huntsville International street album has helped put Huntsville’s rap
scene on the radar. The do-it-yourself work ethic of G-Side and Codie G,
manager of local independent label Slow Motion Soundz, show how the spirit of
self-determination continues to live on in the South. There will also be a
screening of footage and interviews documenting the history of hip-hop in
Alabama, alongside a discussion.Followed by a G-SIDE performance and reception sponsored
by The Harlem Brewery and Sugar Hill Ale.